Battlefield 3, PC Recommended Reqs

[anonymous53]

Looks like it's time to update my computer again for Battlefield 3. Totally going to be worth it. Do you match up to the minimum/recommended requirements?

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ATHLON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE



This looks like it's going to be a very sexy game ;) time for 64 player vehicle battles.

[AutoPlay]

Its about time my 6990 got a bit of a challenge

[anonymous53]

Yeah, I'm upset. This'll be the first thing my gtx260 probably won't crush in the three years I've had it.

[AutoPlay]

what CPU you running?

[anonymous53]

q6600 G0 stepping overclocking to 2.8ghz with stock voltages.

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It *should* make up for it but dont hold me to it, the game has been enhanced for multi-cores like the q6600 but there are faster quad chips like the i5s and i7s.

[anonymous53]

Building a whole new rig as soon as Ivy bridge is out (Apparently q4) and AMD 7000 series. Which is just apparently a dye shrink of the 6000 series.

[AutoPlay]

AMD 7000 is a while off imo, these cards are supposed to last up to DX12 early 2013, the 7000 if thats what they will be called will be DX12 cards.

The ivy bridge will be very interesting indeed, Intel have basically reinvented the chip when it comes to that.

[anonymous53]

Yes, it will be very interesting. I didn't see anything about dx12 in amd 7000 series, just PCI-E 3.0 compliance and a 22nm dye shrink.

[Dark_Desires]

looks like i need a new graf card for this but so worth it.Cant wait for all those cod fanboys to get a shock at the epicness that is battlefiled 3.I also had a question about the game requirement i have a 3.1 I3 quad core with 4 Gig ram and a screen size of
1600x900 what kinda graf card should i get for this under 200$.
Forgot to add my current card AMD HD6450 (512MB) and please no nvidia cards

[AutoPlay]

Nvidia 560TI might work for your price range.

I said Nvidia simply because you have an i3, they seem to have a slight performance advantage over an AMD similar spec card

[Azunite]

Dafuck?! 6950? Seriously?!

Mine is 5450 -.-

[Dark_Desires]

I said no Nvidia due to the fact i have 0% trouble with playing on my ATI radeon card.old games and about 70 of my games are old and run good on a ATI Radeon but then again il have more money next year for top notch games

[anonymous53]

Avatar, Battlefield 3 has been optimized for Nvidia GPUs :) Just a heads up. So autoplay is correct, it would be best to get the 560ti

[Dark_Desires]

Ok i see your point il get a Nvidia card now